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Canadian Islamic Council Condemns Islamic State
March 16, 2015
A group of Canadian Muslim scholars has signed a fatwa issued by the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada in Calgary, condemning the Islamic State ("IS"), as well as any attempts by the jihadi group to threaten Canada.
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OIC Expands Conflict Resolution Platform with Official Visit to U.S. on Behalf of Myanmar Muslims
March 16, 2015
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's ("OIC") Special Envoy to Myanmar is on a junket in the United States to press various U.S. officials, UN agency chiefs, and nongovernmental organization leaders to take action under an OIC Action Plan for halting ethno-religious violence against the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar.
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UN Security Council to Consider Jihadist Actions Against Mideast Religious Minorities
March 11, 2015
The Islamic State's ("IS") continued targeting of minority religious communities will be taken up in a UN Security Council meeting later this month, in a session that is expected to focus on "the growing persecution of Christians in the Middle East."
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Islamism Is a Political Ideology with Aims of Global Domination
March 11, 2015
Islamism is a political ideology whose leaders have transformed the religion of Islam into a militarized strategy for global domination, and some contemporary security experts argue that the success of U.S. and moderate Muslim leaders' efforts to combat Islamism depends on a clear identification of the deliberate, militaristic revision of founding Islamic principles by jihadi extremists.
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Islamist Extremism Sharpens Sunni-Shiite Struggle and Pushes Saudis to Action
March 11, 2015
The spreading influence of Islamist extremist groups such as the Islamic State ("IS") and al-Qaeda, both of which have called for armed action against the corruption of ruling Islamic dynastic regimes in the Middle East, has catalyzed Saudi Arabia's new monarch to try to create a Sunni alliance predicated on the regional status quo and united against the possible consolidation of a regional Shiite arc stretching from Iran to the Levant.
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